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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11594
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14843
13 Actual Demand 11281
14 Aggregate Planning 12325
15 Air Cargo 10217
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6736
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34988
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15403
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19409
20 Assembly Line 22740
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23111
22 Average Speed of Answer 26646
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23321
24 Batch Production 38661
25 Bill Discounting 14679
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11355
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7235
28 Blanket Release 10122
29 Bonded Warehouse 10152
30 Booking Number 13962
31 Bottleneck 9655
32 Buffer Stock 59573
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9798
35 Business Logistics 25963
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12664
37 Capacity Management 40959
38 Capacity Utilization 14234
39 Capital Intensive 8542
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8885
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12242
42 Certified Supplier 9038
43 Channel Effectiveness 9017
44 Co-Destiny 9398
45 Co-managed Inventory 12673
46 Co-Packers 11870
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6979
48 Computer-Based Training 7768
49 Consular Invoice 19960
50 Container Depot 10692
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19667
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12176
54 Contract Carrier 7374
55 Contract of Affreightment 11506
56 Control Charts 8037
57 Cost Flow 10373
58 Courier Service 15367
59 CPFR 8308
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11901
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44414
62 Date Code 18434
63 Days of Supply 19969
64 Dead on Arrival 9451
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7393
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8213
67 Detective Control 9008
68 Devanning 14314
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11072
70 Dispatching 24728
71 Distributed Inventory 8443
72 Distribution Channel Management 35049
73 Distribution Metrics 9265
74 Distribution Planning 24329
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15366
76 Double Marginalization 52947
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22515
78 Dual 5501
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20728
80 Echelon Inventory 26350
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38390
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50050
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7703
84 Efficient Frontier 25659
85 Engineer-to-Order 31913
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16712
87 Erlang B Formula 9438
88 ETD 8413
89 Ex Works 7905
90 Exception Rate 13627
91 Exponential smoothing 9912
92 External Growth 10189
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9614
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10842
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8916
97 Fishbone Diagram 14718
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27252
99 Flow Through Distribution 12427
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8283
101 FOB Destination 13166
102 Forward buying 30361
103 Freight Charge 10498
104 Freight Consolidation 7604
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11855
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12793
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8152
 
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